[Federal Register: January 14, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 9)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0058; FRL-8516-5]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Transition Program for Equipment
Manufacturers (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1826.04, OMB Control No. 2060-0369
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an
existing approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below,
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated
burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before February 13,
2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2004-0058, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by e-mail to a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air Docket, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention:
Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nydia Yanira Reyes-Morales,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Mail
Code 6403J, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-343-9264; fax
number: 202-343-2804; e-mail address: reyes-morales.nydia@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On September 26, 2007 (72 FR 54654), EPA sought comments on
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice.
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EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0058, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air Docket in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is open from 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The
telephone number for the Reading Room is 202-566-1744, and the
telephone number for the Air Docket is 202-566-1742.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at
http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA receives
them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted
material, confidential business information (CBI), or other information
whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For further
information about the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
Title: Transition Program for Equipment Manufacturers (Renewal)
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1826.04, OMB Control No. 2060-0369.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2008.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information, unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: When EPA establishes new regulations with tighter engine
emission standards, engine manufacturers often need to change the
design of their engines to achieve the required emissions reductions.
Consequently, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) may also need to
redesign their products to accommodate these engine design changes.
Sometimes, OEMs have trouble making the necessary adjustments by the
effective date of the regulations. In an effort to provide OEMs with
some flexibility in complying with the regulations, EPA created the
Transition Program for Equipment Manufacturers (TPEM). Under this
program, OEMs are allowed to delay compliance with the new standards
for up to seven years as long as they comply with certain limitations.
Participation in the program is voluntary. Participating OEMs and
engine manufacturers who provide the noncompliant engines are required
to keep records and submit reports of their activities under the
program.
In 2008, a new TPEM phase will start as the new, nonroad
compression-ignition emission regulations (also known as Tier 4
regulations) become effective. This ICR Renewal incorporates the
requirements that will be in effect during the active period of this
supporting statement. The Tier 4 TPEM program is codified at 40 CFR
Part 1039.625 while the Tier 1-Tier 3 program is codified at 40 CFR
Part 89.102.
The information is collected for compliance purposes by the Engine
Programs Group, Certification and Compliance Division, Office of
Transportation and Air Quality, Office of Air and Radiation.
Confidentiality of proprietary information is granted in accordance
with the Freedom of Information Act, EPA regulations at 40 CFR 2, and
class determinations issued by EPA's Office of General Counsel.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 86
hours per respondent. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire,
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information;
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements which have subsequently changed; train
personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search
data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and
transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by
these actions are manufacturers of compression-ignition engines and
equipment.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 99.
Frequency of Response: Annually and on occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 8,547.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $652,930, includes $123,558 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 8,522 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. Burden has decreased due to a program change (new
regulations). The current phase, as described in the previous ICR (the
Tier 1-Tier 3 Program codified at 40 CFR Part 89), is nearing its end
and a new phase with new requirements is starting in 2008 (Tier 4, 40
CFR Part 1039). Some overlap exists between the two programs. Although
the new requirements impose a slightly larger burden on respondents,
EPA estimates that fewer respondents will participate in the Tier 4
phase. The increase in O&M costs is due largely to foreign OEMs that
must post a bond before importing their equipment ``to cover any
potential enforcement actions under the Clean Air Act.''
Dated: January 8, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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